Trudy Dehue - Visions for a New Academia

Mindwise Podcast

Welcome back to the podcast! Today’s guest on the show is Professor Trudy Dehue. Trudy is Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Groningen. Her fascinating research interests include the classification issue in science, the neurobiological turn in psychology, the commercialization of medicines testing, and the standardizing power of experimental research over health care. If you want to find out more about Trudy then please check the links below. There you can find links to her website, her books, her TED talk and great articles Trudy recommended such as the one by Keith Thomas titled “What are universities for”. Trudy: http://www.trudydehue.nl http://www.rug.nl/news-and-events/people-perspectives/scientists-in-focus/dehue?lang=en http://www.atlascontact.nl/boek/betere-mensen/ Scientific Articles & Books: http://infolet.it/files/2010/11/what-are-university-for.pdf http://www.scienceintransition.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Science-in-Transition-Position-Paper-final.pdf http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/nov/24/our-universities-why-are-they-failing/?pagination=false&printpage=true http://www.scienceintransition.nl/english Newspaper reports: http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2015/mar/17/dutch-student-protests-ignite-movement-against-management-of-universities http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/30/lse-takes-legal-action-to-evict-occupying-student-protesters http://www.cultnoise.com/the-strive-for-more-democracy-at-university/ http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2015/04/amsterdam-university-chief-quits-over-stude